Uba Sani Advocates for State Police in Nigeria

Uba Sani, the Governor of Kaduna State, is advocating for the establishment of state police in Nigeria, citing a significant shortfall in police personnel. Currently, there is one police officer for every 600 people in Nigeria, which is below the United Nations standard of one officer for every 450 people.

Sani's argument is supported by data showing that many states, including Bayelsa and Kano, have even worse ratios, with Kano having one officer for every 1,600 people. He has introduced two bills in the National Assembly aimed at amending the Police Service Commission Act to facilitate the creation of state police.

The bills were presented during the 9th National Assembly and have not yet passed. Sani emphasizes that Nigeria's policing challenges cannot be resolved solely by the federal command in Abuja and points to examples from other African countries like Ethiopia and Somalia, which have allowed regional police forces to operate alongside federal ones.